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Club member Dave Fernie won the Royal Golf Club’s version of The Open with a nett score of 213 … in slightly warmer climes than their counterparts in wind-swept Scotland were encountering.
Each competitor drew the name of one of the tour golfers playing The Open Championship at St Andrews from a hat prior to teeing off in the annual tournament, then their nett score was added to the gross score of their Open ‘partners’ Thursday and Friday rounds to give an aggregate score overall.
Fernie’s nett 75 was added to his ‘partner’, Irishman Paul Dunne’s scores of 69 in rounds one and two to give a total of 213. Dunne, an amateur golfer, has stunned the world of golf with his playing prowess in the major tournament.
Second place went to Andy Love who drew Luke Donald as his playing partner, adding his nett score of 77 to Donald’s 68 and 70 for a total of 215. Third place went to Jeong Hae Kwak who shot a nett 75 which was added to Thongchai Jaidee’s rounds of 72 and 71 for a total of 218.
Rob Lane and his ‘partner’ Daniel Berger led the tournament at the end of day one with scores of 70 and 73 respectively but fell back into sixth place after Berger’s day two score of 76.
“This is a fun format for the players to compete in as they do not know how their professional will do,” said Sohail Singh, the Royal Golf Club’s tournament coordinator. “It was great to see around 50 golfers competing despite the hot weather.”
Results:
1st Dave Fernie (Pro Paul Dunne) 213 nett, 2nd Andy Love (Pro Luke Donald) 215, 3rd Jeong Hae Kwak (Pro Thongchai Jaidee) 218 c/b. 2s Club: Peter Donkin & Sam Jong Kim (hole 7).
